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we should not be in afghanistan. time to move out of afghanistan. >> i don't agree totally with what byron is saying but what i say sounds like it. i do think we are trying to police too much of the world. we are afghanistan and we're still in germany and south korea. we are all over the world. i do think it is time we do some re-evaluation of what our international roles and responsibilities are. we need to pull back on our advanced capabilities. we should advance overseas where we need to. in the case of emergencies dealing with terrorists where they pop up but the american people think it is time to withdraw in a lot of places. not that we will become protectionist and withdraw from the world but just a re-evaluation. a modernization of what our role is. i remember getting into arguments with our european allies about going into sarajevo. you know the situation. why do we have to take care of this? i remember talking to the president of germany which was an honorific sort of position. he said that is your role. th
we should not be in afghanistan. time to move out of afghanistan. >> i don't agree totally with what byron is saying but what i say sounds like it. i do think we are trying to police too much of the world. we are afghanistan and we're still in germany and south korea. we are all over the world. i do think it is time we do some re-evaluation of what our international roles and responsibilities are. we need to pull back on our advanced capabilities. we should advance overseas where we need...
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general hayden did not quarrel with reducing the number of troops in afghanistan. however, he was troubled by the timing of the drawdown. specifically, the general stated he would have kept the troops in place until the conclusion of the 2012 summer fighting season. that being said, i have absolute confidence in our new commander, general john allen. he succeeds general petraeus with whom i met over there in afghanistan and have met on other occasions and who has done a tremendous singular service for our country. i have great respect for him and i expect general allen to be -- to be just as good. general allen was one of the vital catalysts in the city awakening in iraq. the city awakening and our counterinsurgency strategy are considered by many to be the driving forces for our success during the iraqi surge, and of course we all remember what general petraeus did there as well. i am confident that general allen will maintain the hard-won momentum our forces achieved in afghanistan, despite the reduction in resources. in addition, our troops will be assisted by a
general hayden did not quarrel with reducing the number of troops in afghanistan. however, he was troubled by the timing of the drawdown. specifically, the general stated he would have kept the troops in place until the conclusion of the 2012 summer fighting season. that being said, i have absolute confidence in our new commander, general john allen. he succeeds general petraeus with whom i met over there in afghanistan and have met on other occasions and who has done a tremendous singular...
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involvement in afghanistan and iraq. and as we'll hear from general d dudick, there's 400,000 in afghanistan. and the u.s.-led training effort is now as of this week 157,000 police, the cost of this training to the united states alone is about a billion dollars a month. today police assistance programs for the united states government are a multibillion dollar effort led by the department of defense and the department of state but involving a number of other federal agencies. as programs have grown in size and in costs they've also grown in kind. as you saw from the opening photo exhibition running here on the screens, policing around the world is heavily impacted by history, by culture, by legal systems, and by levels of development. the police force is different markedly by country, u.s. police assistance differs markedly by agent and by agency in the countries in which they are working. so today, we have assembled a panel of very distinguished experts to discuss the various experts that the united states government ta
involvement in afghanistan and iraq. and as we'll hear from general d dudick, there's 400,000 in afghanistan. and the u.s.-led training effort is now as of this week 157,000 police, the cost of this training to the united states alone is about a billion dollars a month. today police assistance programs for the united states government are a multibillion dollar effort led by the department of defense and the department of state but involving a number of other federal agencies. as programs have...
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afghanistan all girls are all essentially. entrance of into coordination pashtun most would find in a developer context are simply extraordinary difficult to accomplish. i mean, the panelists here represent organizations that routinely meet, totally share some of that. in some cases the u.n. believes that cause with the government is either too weak or nonexistent. and in some cases we have seen in other places you may share that information with a military force, such as a prt. often we would share that with the prts. frankly, there are so many actors of competing interests, and contractors are one of these actors that unless they complete that deliverable they will not be reimbursed. they don't care the end of the day if the farmer has been disincentivize to do something voluntarily because that's a data point they have to accomplish. so, the u.s. officer may not even be aware that mercy corps already has a pre-existing a.i.d. program to that initiative here so i would say there is a donor requirement that they collaborate a
afghanistan all girls are all essentially. entrance of into coordination pashtun most would find in a developer context are simply extraordinary difficult to accomplish. i mean, the panelists here represent organizations that routinely meet, totally share some of that. in some cases the u.n. believes that cause with the government is either too weak or nonexistent. and in some cases we have seen in other places you may share that information with a military force, such as a prt. often we would...
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we have troops in afghanistan. i was talking to my staff a minute ago, and he heard from one of his friends in afghanistan on his ninth deployment who had heard about our bill, madam chairman -- madam president, and he thanked us for realizing that there might be a delay in the military pay and for trying to address it if in fact the government is shut down. ninth deployment, and he is worried about whether he is going to be paid on time so that his family, with a one-year-old child, will be able to make sure and pay the mortgage on the first of the month. oh, my gosh, what are we thinking here? now, i think there are certainly legitimate disagreements about the spending and the budget. i am one who believes that we should be cutting the spending. i think the ways to get there are certainly legitimate areas of disagreement. there should be one thing, madam president, on which we do not disagree and that we would unanimously pass in this united states senate, and that is that if in the event the government does shut
we have troops in afghanistan. i was talking to my staff a minute ago, and he heard from one of his friends in afghanistan on his ninth deployment who had heard about our bill, madam chairman -- madam president, and he thanked us for realizing that there might be a delay in the military pay and for trying to address it if in fact the government is shut down. ninth deployment, and he is worried about whether he is going to be paid on time so that his family, with a one-year-old child, will be...
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strategies in afghanistan and pakistan. on c-span2 bp gulf oil spill compensation fund administrator kenneth feinberg. and one hour earlier at 7 p.m. eastern on c-span3, homeland security secretary janet napolitano on u.s. immigration policy and enforcement. that's tonight starting at 7 p.m. on the c-span networks. >> although this headline proved false, dewey's defeat by harry truman was iconic, and he continued to impact political history. this week on "the contenders," follow the career of thomas e. dewey, a dominant force in new york state politics as three-time governor and influencing national politics in the elections of dwight eisenhower and richard nixon. "the contenders" live from the roosevelt hotel in new york city, friday at 8 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> middle and high school students, it's time to get those cameras rolling for this year's c-span student cam video competition. make a 5-8 minute video on this year's theme, "the constitution and you," and get it to c-span by the deadline of january 20th. and you
strategies in afghanistan and pakistan. on c-span2 bp gulf oil spill compensation fund administrator kenneth feinberg. and one hour earlier at 7 p.m. eastern on c-span3, homeland security secretary janet napolitano on u.s. immigration policy and enforcement. that's tonight starting at 7 p.m. on the c-span networks. >> although this headline proved false, dewey's defeat by harry truman was iconic, and he continued to impact political history. this week on "the contenders," follow...
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we also went into afghanistan in an attempt to catch osama bin laden. when he was surrounded, our c.i.a. and special forces were yanked out of afghanistan to go into iraq and he simply escaped into pakistan. $1 trillion later, we're still there. again, borrowed the money for those two wars, one that went way beyond whatever it was supposed to do, the other one we shouldn't have been in the first place, but we borrowed the money, and we also cut taxes on oil companies and millionaires and everybody else. not the best way to show shared hardships for that war. it's only the brave men and women who are over there who have the hardship, not the rest of us. and this -- when -- let me talk, though, about how the senate c.r. and h.r. 1, how that funding would affect the debt -- the department of state and foreign operations. these both come under a subcommittee that i chair in appropriations. let's talk about what's in the house c.r. -- perhaps most importantly, what's not in the house c.r. international development is nonsecurity spending, even though the int
we also went into afghanistan in an attempt to catch osama bin laden. when he was surrounded, our c.i.a. and special forces were yanked out of afghanistan to go into iraq and he simply escaped into pakistan. $1 trillion later, we're still there. again, borrowed the money for those two wars, one that went way beyond whatever it was supposed to do, the other one we shouldn't have been in the first place, but we borrowed the money, and we also cut taxes on oil companies and millionaires and...
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every month we spend $10 billion in afghanistan. this is roughly one out of every seven dollars we spend on defense. this level of spending is simply not sustainable. we should focus on the core mission that has led us to afghanistan to begin with. that is keeping america safe from terrorism. finally and most important, our fight against global terrorism must begin with a focus on pakistan. in 2008, then-c.i.a. director michael hayden said -- quote -- "let me be very clear today. virtually every major terrorist threat that my agency is aware of has threads back to the tribal areas of pakistan." a state department report last summer reiterated this assessment and found al qaeda's core in pakistan remained the most formidable terrorist organization targeting the u.s. homeland. we have invested enormous sums to build an effective partnership with pakistan to fight terrorism. since 2002, the united states has provided over $18 billion in foreign assistance to pakistan, the highest of any other country in 2009 except iraq and afghanistan
every month we spend $10 billion in afghanistan. this is roughly one out of every seven dollars we spend on defense. this level of spending is simply not sustainable. we should focus on the core mission that has led us to afghanistan to begin with. that is keeping america safe from terrorism. finally and most important, our fight against global terrorism must begin with a focus on pakistan. in 2008, then-c.i.a. director michael hayden said -- quote -- "let me be very clear today. virtually...
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service men and women in afghanistan. the following day secretary of state hillary clinton in a meeting with foreign minister carr also highlighted government support for this terrorist situation and its attack on men and women serving in uniform in afghanistan. on september 27 the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, admiral mullen in a presentation in front of the carnegie endowment for peace also highlighted pakistan's official government support for the i.s.i. and the haqqani network. in testimony today in the senate armed services committee, admiral mullen reiterated these claims, stating that the i.s.i. of pakistan's government had provided explicit support for an attack on the u.s. embassy in kabul and our nato headquarters. the haqqani network supported by the government of pakistan is also responsible for attacks on afghan and indian construction efforts in the kabul gardese road at an attack that killed seven c.i.a. employees and the kidnapping of british and american journalists. within pakistan, the haqqani
service men and women in afghanistan. the following day secretary of state hillary clinton in a meeting with foreign minister carr also highlighted government support for this terrorist situation and its attack on men and women serving in uniform in afghanistan. on september 27 the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, admiral mullen in a presentation in front of the carnegie endowment for peace also highlighted pakistan's official government support for the i.s.i. and the haqqani network. in...
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>> iraq, afghanistan. >> i think there are about 98,000 troops in afghanistan. and as you know, our current footprint in iraq is less than 50,000 are a little bit above 47,000 currently. >> so we will list 150,000 we have identified not that many enemies. >> right. and, of course, we are forces in other parts of the middle east as well. >> i'm just saying it makes it, for those of us who don't have the military experience, and testing such a technology military might, we have such a presence with such a few enemies identified. >> understand the question, senator. i would say when you look at the numbers, i think it could be misleading to just compare numbers of friendly forces, to numbers of enemy forces. you've got to take into account the type of operations, the type of warfare that you're conducting. and the types of things that we're doing in both iraq and afghanistan are very, very difficult operation. currently in iraq we're focused primarily on advising, training and assisting and equipping the iraqi security forces. we are partnering with them in conduct
>> iraq, afghanistan. >> i think there are about 98,000 troops in afghanistan. and as you know, our current footprint in iraq is less than 50,000 are a little bit above 47,000 currently. >> so we will list 150,000 we have identified not that many enemies. >> right. and, of course, we are forces in other parts of the middle east as well. >> i'm just saying it makes it, for those of us who don't have the military experience, and testing such a technology military...
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>> in afghanistan, yes, sir. and another set of numbers worth noting and i mentioned them to one of your colleagues of killed in action there been sadly over 1400 u.s. so 221 would expect about 700 of the allies and 900 allies have fallen so they are in this fight with us and taking losses and i believe making a significant contribution. >> my staff handed me an article that quote general caldwell of the training commission who said that nato still faces a shortage of 740 trainers needed to train afghan soldiers and policemen so assuming that nato is able to handle its commitment in afghanistan, could you explain if in fact nato does decide to deploy stabilization forces, that means boats on the ground, and in libya that would include u.s. troops under nato command, wouldn't it? >> if nato decided to deploy troops, whether or not the united states decided to participate with troops would be a national decision for the united states let me turn it around in terms of the no-fly zone that we are enforcing right now,
>> in afghanistan, yes, sir. and another set of numbers worth noting and i mentioned them to one of your colleagues of killed in action there been sadly over 1400 u.s. so 221 would expect about 700 of the allies and 900 allies have fallen so they are in this fight with us and taking losses and i believe making a significant contribution. >> my staff handed me an article that quote general caldwell of the training commission who said that nato still faces a shortage of 740 trainers...
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this was true in afghanistan. the president came to congress and there was a vote on a use of force prior to him engaging in force. now, some say, well, this is no big deal. the president should be ail to fight war whenever he wants to fight war. i beg to differ. our founding fathers begged to differ. madison said that the constitution supposes what history demonstrates. that the executive is the branch most interested in war. therefore, the congress has with studied care invested the power to declare war in the congress. i think this is incredibly important debate. when we talk about sending our young men and women into harm's way, into another war, the fact that we would have a president send us to war without any debate -- your people's representatives have had absolutely no debate, and we are now engaged in a third war. the language of my resolution is not unfamiliar to many. the language of this resolution are the president's words. in 2007, barack obama said, the president does not have power under the const
this was true in afghanistan. the president came to congress and there was a vote on a use of force prior to him engaging in force. now, some say, well, this is no big deal. the president should be ail to fight war whenever he wants to fight war. i beg to differ. our founding fathers begged to differ. madison said that the constitution supposes what history demonstrates. that the executive is the branch most interested in war. therefore, the congress has with studied care invested the power to...
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. >> put them in afghanistan? >> there are a number of options we are discussing and trying to work our way through to come up with a proposal that would be both effective and would generate -- >> i honestly can't see an option that makes sense. the idea of putting them on ships for a limited period of time is not a viable substitute because ships are never meant to be permanent confinement facilities. i don't see afghanistan accepting new war on terror captures that bring the afghan government down. the iraqis are not going to do it. if we don't use gitmo what are we going to do? >> those are the options we are trying to discover. the president has made clear that we are not going to be using the guantanamo facility so we have to come up with options funded and supported by congress. >> i have been as supportive as i know how in supporting flexibility to the executive branch and not micromanage the war but i conclude gitmo is not going to close and there's no viable option other than guantanamo being used that th
. >> put them in afghanistan? >> there are a number of options we are discussing and trying to work our way through to come up with a proposal that would be both effective and would generate -- >> i honestly can't see an option that makes sense. the idea of putting them on ships for a limited period of time is not a viable substitute because ships are never meant to be permanent confinement facilities. i don't see afghanistan accepting new war on terror captures that bring the...
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that this is not what you said right afghanistan, there's no lack of courage in afghanistan. there's a lack of resources and training and the image that now the international community has the afghans. you do us the favor. you are not doing the favor to afghans, you are there, so this image should come from both sides, not only there that you are focusing in afghanistan. i believe part of my job is also, in washington, is very difficult when i see that most of the people they do not understand in the mission of afghanistan. the language that they use, they are not well informed. even our leaders, they are using the wrong terms which are very sensitive of our culture like the words mentor, coach, and all of this stuff which would give completely different meaning in our pull culture. it's not a playground. all of these words to make the strategies to be our politicians , your politicians to set up thinking. >> just to rephrase, all of the work in afghanistan, and it's not being carry through to america. >> that's why i'm standing here today to try to start communicating about
that this is not what you said right afghanistan, there's no lack of courage in afghanistan. there's a lack of resources and training and the image that now the international community has the afghans. you do us the favor. you are not doing the favor to afghans, you are there, so this image should come from both sides, not only there that you are focusing in afghanistan. i believe part of my job is also, in washington, is very difficult when i see that most of the people they do not understand...
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we have special investigators in iraq, in afghanistan, we have a disaster mission right now with that investigator general who just recently left that postand have huge question marks the committee should be looking at. we have the t.a.r.p. up on capitol hill today. there's plenty to look at, but we shouldn't be making it personal. >> host: would you decode t.a.r.p.? >> it's the inner general for the parp program, yes. >> host: one other thing before calls. our time is short. let me use part of what you said to launch into this question. you have been in the press as one member of congress who has a concealed carry permit; is that correct? >> guest: yes. >> host: what are you thinking about congressional security in the wake of what happened in tucson? >> guest: on capitol hill, they do a great job. there's a virtual army and great security and intelligence of what happens. the capitol is the number one world's target. at home, it's a mixed bag. i feel more comfortable at home. it's not that i live in fear or scared of people, but the reality is we have two offices. we represent close
we have special investigators in iraq, in afghanistan, we have a disaster mission right now with that investigator general who just recently left that postand have huge question marks the committee should be looking at. we have the t.a.r.p. up on capitol hill today. there's plenty to look at, but we shouldn't be making it personal. >> host: would you decode t.a.r.p.? >> it's the inner general for the parp program, yes. >> host: one other thing before calls. our time is short....
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and i look at afghanistan and i see 100,000 troops in afghanistan. and i say this nation should not be nation-building in afghanistan when this nation so desperately needs to be built. you see we have no foreign policy in this country. we are not able to project and reedy the values the we stand for until we fix the core and that is our values and our economy. so under the huntsman administration, i want a foreign policy that recognizes where we are in the second decade into the 21st century. i want a foreign policy that is led first and foremost by economics because it is one thing to secure the premise of the world without the economic benefit and it's another thing to secure the promise of the world while everybody else gets the economic benefit. so it used to break my heart in beijing running the second largest embassy in the world 100,000 troops in afghanistan involved in a counter insurgency when the chinese would go and they would take the mining concession and i would say there's something fundamentally wrong with this picture. ladies and gen
and i look at afghanistan and i see 100,000 troops in afghanistan. and i say this nation should not be nation-building in afghanistan when this nation so desperately needs to be built. you see we have no foreign policy in this country. we are not able to project and reedy the values the we stand for until we fix the core and that is our values and our economy. so under the huntsman administration, i want a foreign policy that recognizes where we are in the second decade into the 21st century. i...
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finally, above all, how will the government of afghanistan and businesses in afghanistan leadership in afghanistan continue their engagement were they've after all been the pioneers of this and the years to come us in the changing environment in which the country assumption. so obvious and many many other -- much more plentiful questions i'll have to be addressed, we hope, to be one of the settings in which that might occur. thank you very much for [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> up next former russia specialist who served in the state department and the national security council under george w. bush, talk about that country's relationship with the u.s. also discuss the complex and, interests of both countries across the former soviet union. the ambassador of cast extend joined this event. it was held following the announcement of former russian president vladimir putin will return for a third term. this is just over 90 minutes. >> welcome to the center for the nation interest. we have a distinguished panel, an
finally, above all, how will the government of afghanistan and businesses in afghanistan leadership in afghanistan continue their engagement were they've after all been the pioneers of this and the years to come us in the changing environment in which the country assumption. so obvious and many many other -- much more plentiful questions i'll have to be addressed, we hope, to be one of the settings in which that might occur. thank you very much for [inaudible conversations] [inaudible...
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personnel, vulnerable soldiers and their families who are about to deploy, who just came back from afghanistan. they will give you a loan of 40% of your pay. of course, the interest rate can be as high as 584% a.p.r. and we can't stop that until we get somebody like richard cordray in charge of this organization. she also talked about the dunning calls, 20 times a day, threatening them. we'll go to your commander, we'll have you court-martialed, we'll take away your security clearance, we'll ruin your career. we have got to stop that. this is about real people, real consumers. we have to confirm richard cordray. with that, i yield the floor. a senator: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from new jersey. mr. menendez: mr. president, i -- i understand i have five minutes. the presiding officer: there is no order. the senator may use five minutes. mr. menendez: thank you very much. let me first thank chairman johnson for his leadership in this regard and in so many other major issues before the banking committee. he has really exercised a lot of our oversight obligations in making
personnel, vulnerable soldiers and their families who are about to deploy, who just came back from afghanistan. they will give you a loan of 40% of your pay. of course, the interest rate can be as high as 584% a.p.r. and we can't stop that until we get somebody like richard cordray in charge of this organization. she also talked about the dunning calls, 20 times a day, threatening them. we'll go to your commander, we'll have you court-martialed, we'll take away your security clearance, we'll...
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pakistan has now become the main threat to afghanistan. pakistan's intelligence service is the biggest danger to the afghan government. pakistan also poses a tremendous threat to the lives of american troops, and let me be clear, many americans died in afghanistan because of pakistan's i.s.i. sitting in our commanders' briefs for two weeks and talking to our headquarter's leaders and spending a few days in the field, it became clear to me that if we were working in afghanistan alone, we would have had a much better chance to turn that country around more quickly, restoring it to its status as an agricultural economy with a loose government and a high degree of autonomy given to each tribe or region, but we are not alone. while our military reduced al qaeda and afghanistan to a shadow of its former shadow, a new force is emerging. on the tenth anniversary of 9/11, al qaeda, i must report, is still armed and dangerous, but it is far less numerous or capable than it once was, but al qaeda is not the most potent force that is arrayed against u
pakistan has now become the main threat to afghanistan. pakistan's intelligence service is the biggest danger to the afghan government. pakistan also poses a tremendous threat to the lives of american troops, and let me be clear, many americans died in afghanistan because of pakistan's i.s.i. sitting in our commanders' briefs for two weeks and talking to our headquarter's leaders and spending a few days in the field, it became clear to me that if we were working in afghanistan alone, we would...
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as afghanistan is concerned? >> i think stability in afghanistan has a number of factors. obviously, the safe haven that some of the insur gents enjoy in pakistan is a contributing factor, there are several other variables to be addressed by the government of afghanistan and the afghan security forces with our support, and i'd say that the pakistan and afghanistan leadership are involved at all levels in healthy dialogue. i certainly see it with the military leaders that i work with, and as i mentioned, the regional board of coordination meeting that the afghan board of police led with the 11th corp. of the pakistan military, and so i think the two countries are in dialogue, and they have a lot of respect for each other, and i know you understand fully that during the soviet eras, there was a lot of the leaders here in afghanistan that were protected in pakistan, and they have never forgotten that, so the two countries clearly have a lot of commonground that they lean on. >> general, this is sort of a -- sort of
as afghanistan is concerned? >> i think stability in afghanistan has a number of factors. obviously, the safe haven that some of the insur gents enjoy in pakistan is a contributing factor, there are several other variables to be addressed by the government of afghanistan and the afghan security forces with our support, and i'd say that the pakistan and afghanistan leadership are involved at all levels in healthy dialogue. i certainly see it with the military leaders that i work with, and...
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and they swept across afghanistan controlling 90% of afghanistan. this fighting eruption -- taliban, al-qaeda -- saw four million refugees into pakistan. the introduction of a gun, kalashnikov, and drug culture. finally in 9/11, the terrible, disastrous terrorist attack on the world trade center and the u.s. military offense e in afghanistan -- offensive in afghanistan, all al-qaeda and taliban ran into the mountains and be cities of pakistan. therefore, ladies and gentlemen, religious mill tap si we saw -- militancy we saw in the east in the indian-held kashmir, religious militancy in afghanistan is followed entirely on -- has fallen entirely on pakistan in the center. this is how religious militancy was introduced. we are not the perpetrators. the situation in pakistan was perfectly normal until 1979, but things started getting disturbed after that for the reasons that i've told. pakistan, therefore, ladies and gentlemen, faces four menaces, i would say. number one is the menace of al-qaeda who are there in our mountains. but i think over time the
and they swept across afghanistan controlling 90% of afghanistan. this fighting eruption -- taliban, al-qaeda -- saw four million refugees into pakistan. the introduction of a gun, kalashnikov, and drug culture. finally in 9/11, the terrible, disastrous terrorist attack on the world trade center and the u.s. military offense e in afghanistan -- offensive in afghanistan, all al-qaeda and taliban ran into the mountains and be cities of pakistan. therefore, ladies and gentlemen, religious mill tap...
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mission in afghanistan. our corporation is a global provider of power, water, communications, and other infrastructure. as part of the worldwide reach, the company proudly supported u.s. government projects for more than 90 years. since august 2006 as a partner in the group black and veatch venture, we assisted the client in develops essential energy infrastructure in order to improve the economy and quality of life for the people of afghanistan. from 2006 until today, total megawatts of power generation available for afghanistan have more than doubled, and us aid projects contributed to 90% of that increase. in december 2010, us-aid awarded them a separate contract for the helmond project for distribution in the south for the support of u.s. government policy. working in support of the mission to increase energy delivery to afghan's people and with afghan government organizations, black and veatch's dedicated professionals has successes. we provided advice to the government in negotiating power agreements w
mission in afghanistan. our corporation is a global provider of power, water, communications, and other infrastructure. as part of the worldwide reach, the company proudly supported u.s. government projects for more than 90 years. since august 2006 as a partner in the group black and veatch venture, we assisted the client in develops essential energy infrastructure in order to improve the economy and quality of life for the people of afghanistan. from 2006 until today, total megawatts of power...
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happens in afghanistan. and they have a share community with whom they are feeling in touch. they have a big problem about drugs. and they don't like the taliban. because the talibans themselves did affect them a very badly when they were in charge in afghanistan and even killed, i think about nine to ten of the diplomats. so ignoring iran could be a big mistake. engaging it is the only way. but if not, iran and pakistan is if not even more important in terms of constructive engagement. so it's a lot of work on that. but i don't see this as a back -- show stopper at all. because they are all worried, all of them about the afghanistan that returns to kill, and none of them -- none of them wants afghanistan to go back into the hands of the taliban. the pakistanis are suffering enormously. in fact, they have been suffering more than afghanistan from their own taliban. so long answer to a very good and short question. i'm sorry. >> thank you. >> thank you. i'm a journalist with the afp news agency. i wanted to f
happens in afghanistan. and they have a share community with whom they are feeling in touch. they have a big problem about drugs. and they don't like the taliban. because the talibans themselves did affect them a very badly when they were in charge in afghanistan and even killed, i think about nine to ten of the diplomats. so ignoring iran could be a big mistake. engaging it is the only way. but if not, iran and pakistan is if not even more important in terms of constructive engagement. so it's...
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i agree -- i mean, in afghanistan. i agree you should not give it away, you know, right in the beginning, but if you send a signal that you don't keep that agreement, particularly where there's people in iraq who didn't want you there, i think that's going to have an impact on the negotiations, so i don't think anybody's focused on that at this point. >> thank you, larry? >> gentleman in the fourth row. >> i'm joseph, a private citizen from chicago. my question regards the much wanted and now never heard about northern alliance. they are armed, assume they are armed, what is their role in any fighting on conflict with the taliban, and also has there been any good effort or good success in creating the afghan security forces with a larger element to them? >> okay. in the front row here please. >> i'm dan caldwell. i want to ask dr. korb and ambassador vendrell what the biggest surprises were for you in your service here on this commission. >> and all the way in the back? >> one question i have is that -- >> name. >> bil
i agree -- i mean, in afghanistan. i agree you should not give it away, you know, right in the beginning, but if you send a signal that you don't keep that agreement, particularly where there's people in iraq who didn't want you there, i think that's going to have an impact on the negotiations, so i don't think anybody's focused on that at this point. >> thank you, larry? >> gentleman in the fourth row. >> i'm joseph, a private citizen from chicago. my question regards the...
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military strategy in afghanistan. two panels will look, first, at counterinsurgency and then options to negotiate peace in afghanistan. this is expected to last until about 3 this afternoon. >> i'm rudy deleon, senior vice president here at the center for american progress. this is the first of two panels that we're going to be doing on afghanistan today, and it's part of a series. it's april 2011, we're coming up on the ten-year mark of this fall in afghanistan, and so i think it's a time both to focus on current activities in the theater, but also to start asking questions in terms of the lessons learned. the ten-year milestone of combat activities is a bit unique in terms of the armed forces of the united states in terms of time and length. and so we have with our program here today, part one will look at counterinsurgency and some of the lessons learned on the security side. and then panel number two, which will be chaired and moderated by our colleague at the center, dr. larry korb and jeff lawyer rememberty of t
military strategy in afghanistan. two panels will look, first, at counterinsurgency and then options to negotiate peace in afghanistan. this is expected to last until about 3 this afternoon. >> i'm rudy deleon, senior vice president here at the center for american progress. this is the first of two panels that we're going to be doing on afghanistan today, and it's part of a series. it's april 2011, we're coming up on the ten-year mark of this fall in afghanistan, and so i think it's a...
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strategy in afghanistan has been based on the belief that developing afghanistan's economy and institutions will win over the population to support the afghan government even after international forces draw down. some analysts are concerned that the afghan economy may somewhere a steep depression -- may enter a steep depression as military involvement in afghanistan winds down over the next three years. what's the u.s. take to insure that this depression does not happen, and i know you did mention a new silk road, the new central asia/south asia trading hub that we're trying to create in afghanistan. will there be job training programs and community development so that that can overtake the military action? >> thank you very much, congressman. and thanks, as always, for highlighting the important issues and security concerns coming out of africa. i thank you for that, and i join with congressman berman in saluting the life of former congressman howard wulpe who i also had the privilege of working with both in the '09s and as secretary of state. with respect to the sustainability of the afgh
strategy in afghanistan has been based on the belief that developing afghanistan's economy and institutions will win over the population to support the afghan government even after international forces draw down. some analysts are concerned that the afghan economy may somewhere a steep depression -- may enter a steep depression as military involvement in afghanistan winds down over the next three years. what's the u.s. take to insure that this depression does not happen, and i know you did...
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in afghanistan we don't have a partner and yet we have a strategy that requires a partner and that is why it isn't working in my opinion. >> one final thing. we are down torah last few minutes but i want to start with you madam secretary. you know it wasn't exactly, even though the president talked about where the internet and cell phones are, it was exactly long time ago in a galaxy far far away, but it was a different world and the sense that people talked about the '90s and the early part of the 21st century is kind of a unipolar moment when the u.s. really was challenge with any other nation for world supremacy. is the model of how we pursued our goals in the world than still applicable today when we are talking about a much greater diffusion of power? is the vision of the u.s. as the indispensable nation still the way we should be trying to lead the world today? >> first of all, think you have to remember there is nothing about the definition of indispensable which says alone. it just means that you have to be a part of it, engaged and part of what i meant when i said i think the
in afghanistan we don't have a partner and yet we have a strategy that requires a partner and that is why it isn't working in my opinion. >> one final thing. we are down torah last few minutes but i want to start with you madam secretary. you know it wasn't exactly, even though the president talked about where the internet and cell phones are, it was exactly long time ago in a galaxy far far away, but it was a different world and the sense that people talked about the '90s and the early...
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in both cases of pakistan and afghanistan. and that we were in the midst of programs that instead of being parallel, were actually raising standards and stiffening the spines, if you will, providing a sort of skeleton to support local development. and so for example, in the national agriculture program we are working with the ministry at the village level. it's not a parallel system. it's intrinsically linked to the ministry. so there's another program that was mentioned which was an education program. that is coming to an end, not because we can't continue to run it, and do a good job at a, i think we could, but because the sense is the time of the ministry of education to step forward and take that on even though all my code stepping the ministry of education cannot take that object to we've talked to ambassador about this and we talk to folks at a.i.d. about this. but i think that the pressure to shift right now is quite dominant stuff let me ask either mr. mcgarry or mr. bowers a further question on when we oversee an elec
in both cases of pakistan and afghanistan. and that we were in the midst of programs that instead of being parallel, were actually raising standards and stiffening the spines, if you will, providing a sort of skeleton to support local development. and so for example, in the national agriculture program we are working with the ministry at the village level. it's not a parallel system. it's intrinsically linked to the ministry. so there's another program that was mentioned which was an education...
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it is paid the blood price in afghanistan. what is kind of shocking now has to paid in cash prize rebuilding afghanistan. >> i think we we are really saying that. at the beginning there was a may think there was a lot of politics around this decision if we weren't going to iraq and we would go to afghanistan and it was the good war and iraq was a bad war and it was all that sort of thing. >> what if we win the bet for? >> exactly. but we went in i think what increasingly happened is we started to appreciate that we had sent our men and women ill equipped and those stories started to filter home and it was not for lack of enthusiasm and it is still true today. you stand on these forward opera and bases in the middle of afghanistan and you ask how many people are on their third, or their fifth tour in almost all of the hands go up. we don't have a mandatory two or duty in afghanistan. people at the volunteer or that in the canadian military. so they are there and they are there not for the good weather. they are there because th
it is paid the blood price in afghanistan. what is kind of shocking now has to paid in cash prize rebuilding afghanistan. >> i think we we are really saying that. at the beginning there was a may think there was a lot of politics around this decision if we weren't going to iraq and we would go to afghanistan and it was the good war and iraq was a bad war and it was all that sort of thing. >> what if we win the bet for? >> exactly. but we went in i think what increasingly...
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my question is, madam, what message are you sending to the people of afghanistan -- the people of afghanistan and also to the taliban when they hear that u.s. or nato forces are going to leave afghanistan? so what -- what will be their future as social security is concerned for the people of afghanista afghanistan? >> well, my focus as i mentioned is on the local government level particularly the province and the district. and what we can do to create security conditions so that governance and development can take route and the afghan people can take that in their own direction. so what we're looking at that level is the transition process and that it is a process. as i mentioned seven areas are -- more continue will go into us and it's a process of thinning out international forces and international support. not leaving. not handing off. and that's the message that i talk to the afghan people about, that i talk to my counterparts in the afghan government about and that's the message more importantly that the afghan government is conveying to its own people. it's a new process. like i said, t
my question is, madam, what message are you sending to the people of afghanistan -- the people of afghanistan and also to the taliban when they hear that u.s. or nato forces are going to leave afghanistan? so what -- what will be their future as social security is concerned for the people of afghanista afghanistan? >> well, my focus as i mentioned is on the local government level particularly the province and the district. and what we can do to create security conditions so that...
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bring home the troops, let's work diplomatically in iraq and afghanistan. i met with the afghanistan women who were struggling there. they don't want combat troops. they want help to get a peace process going, peace and reconciliation process going. it's time to end the wars. madam president, our highway trust fund, which is so critical, is short $6 billion, and it is difficult. that's the trust fund that pays for the highways, for the bridges that are falling down, for the infrastructure improvement, for our transportation system. and i know it's hard to find $6 billion. but we're spend $12 billion a month on the wars in afghanistan and iencht bring the money home. it's time we spent it in this country for our people. we're not going to walk away from our responsibilities. we're still going to have counterterrorism going on. we're still going to protect our personnel that are there. we're still going to work for peace and reconciliation. but you want to talk about the way to cure this deficit? it's not that hard. we did it before. we can do it again. the d
bring home the troops, let's work diplomatically in iraq and afghanistan. i met with the afghanistan women who were struggling there. they don't want combat troops. they want help to get a peace process going, peace and reconciliation process going. it's time to end the wars. madam president, our highway trust fund, which is so critical, is short $6 billion, and it is difficult. that's the trust fund that pays for the highways, for the bridges that are falling down, for the infrastructure...
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how long has louie bergeer been working in afghanistan? >> i believe quite some time. >> i believe from the beginning. louie berger cut as deal with the government. as you said they did some pretty outrageous things, correct. >> yes, sir. >> let me add, i was just in afghanistan, afghani do you know who he is. >> yes. >> he is the former minister of finance who is also the top advisor to president karzai on the transition. he was once again outspoken about just one company, louie berger. and he has been publicly are and privately for years. at what point do you decide that louie berger is part of the problem in afghanistan and not part of the solution? well,. >> well, sir we have the administrative agreement in sfas, anyone looking at their past performance that is in there and we'll learn the terms of their previous wrongdoing. as far as it relates to their performance, i, am hesitant because i don't want my comments to appear in any way defending louie berger. clearly we have had problems with them in the past. i recognize that previousl
how long has louie bergeer been working in afghanistan? >> i believe quite some time. >> i believe from the beginning. louie berger cut as deal with the government. as you said they did some pretty outrageous things, correct. >> yes, sir. >> let me add, i was just in afghanistan, afghani do you know who he is. >> yes. >> he is the former minister of finance who is also the top advisor to president karzai on the transition. he was once again outspoken about...
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amount, clearly larger than the boehner proposal, even though some would argue that it's the iraq and afghanistan war winddown savings that you would get, but whatever it is, it is larger than the house proposal and use that as the first cut by lifting the debt ceiling. but there would be a sequence of events that would happen after that to avoid what the senate democrats do not want, that the markets and the rating agencies cause the debt instruments, the u.s. treasury bills, to be downgraded, there needs to be certainty for those rating agencies for the united states government debt. and it could be achieved this way. that you have a brac-like committee, that being a committee that would be composed equally of republicans and democrats that would come up with a package that would then come back to each house, no amendments, up-or-down vote. but that the fail-safe backup in case that that committee were not able to come to agreement, or in the event that it came back to both houses and one of the houses did not pass it, that you would then have the mcconnell proposal which is that the president
amount, clearly larger than the boehner proposal, even though some would argue that it's the iraq and afghanistan war winddown savings that you would get, but whatever it is, it is larger than the house proposal and use that as the first cut by lifting the debt ceiling. but there would be a sequence of events that would happen after that to avoid what the senate democrats do not want, that the markets and the rating agencies cause the debt instruments, the u.s. treasury bills, to be downgraded,...
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it looks to me like we're headed for the exits in afghanistan as well, as quickly as possible. and at the same time, we've got iran building an inventory, what's likely to become an inventory of nuclear weapons, and our friends in that part of the world are not going to have any choice. they will have a couple of options. one will be the possibility that someone may decide they want to acquire their own nuclear capabilities, and there have been reports recently in the press that the pakistanis sold enrichment, uranium enrichment technology to the north koreans. that's how they got into the enrichment business. and i think we would see the other option, the other possibility is they clearly have to begin to pay homage to the mullahs in tehran because the nuclear-armed iran is clear going to be the dominant power in that part of the world. and persian gulf, and people that have traditionally and historically been good friends and supporters of the united states are going to have serious questions about whether or not they can count on us going forward. >> so if the president did
it looks to me like we're headed for the exits in afghanistan as well, as quickly as possible. and at the same time, we've got iran building an inventory, what's likely to become an inventory of nuclear weapons, and our friends in that part of the world are not going to have any choice. they will have a couple of options. one will be the possibility that someone may decide they want to acquire their own nuclear capabilities, and there have been reports recently in the press that the pakistanis...
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and coalition commander in afghanistan. the international security assistant force is scheduled to transfer full control to the afghan forces in 2014. the u.s. institute of peace here in washington is the host of this event, this is live coverage on c-span2, and can we have just heard it'll get underway in just a couple of minutes. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> so, ladies and gentlemen, let me welcome you to the united states institute of peace. this might be the last event that the united states institute of peace does in this building. we will be moving sometime next month if everything goes, if everything goes well, as i suspect it will. we very pleased this morning to welcome the latest in a series of afghan officials who have agreed to come speak to you here at the institute of peace. you may remember that president karzai was here a little less than a year ago, dr. abdullah was here, we are very pleased that we've go
and coalition commander in afghanistan. the international security assistant force is scheduled to transfer full control to the afghan forces in 2014. the u.s. institute of peace here in washington is the host of this event, this is live coverage on c-span2, and can we have just heard it'll get underway in just a couple of minutes. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> so, ladies and gentlemen,...
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in afghanistan. use the president came to congress and there was a vote on a use o. force prior to him engaging in force. some say well, this is no big deal.fight wa whene the president should be able toh fight where whenever you want te fight for. i beg to differ in our founding fathers day to differ. madison said that the what constitution supposes what history demonstrates, that thete executive is the branch mosts prone to war and most intereste. in it. therefore, the constitution hasa withstood the care and vested the powern declare war in the congress. incbly i think this is an incrediblyur important debate. when we talk about sending our young men and women into harm's way to another war, the fact that we would have a president send us to war without any had debate coming of people's representatives have had absolutely no debate that we arw now involved in a third war. the language of my resolution if not unfamiliar to many. t the language of thishi resolutit by the president's words. in 2007, barack obama said the president does not have power under the consti
in afghanistan. use the president came to congress and there was a vote on a use o. force prior to him engaging in force. some say well, this is no big deal.fight wa whene the president should be able toh fight where whenever you want te fight for. i beg to differ in our founding fathers day to differ. madison said that the what constitution supposes what history demonstrates, that thete executive is the branch mosts prone to war and most intereste. in it. therefore, the constitution hasa...
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it's april now in afghanistan. it's every day something sitting in some guy's inbox or an audit is not accomplished is a day stolen from the fight, and that is outrageous and unreasonable that we allow that to happen, and we just can't let it happen. >> on the $400 billion deficit, you mentioned america's role in the world. what's the imp my cation for the modernization program? there's more cancellations like meds and eme's? >> that's a piece of what i said. we will be scrutinizing our programs and activities for those not needed, but one the major points i was taking, tony, while that's an important part of seeking economies, it is only a piece of the defense budget, and so what i was trying to do is draw people's attention to the other six-sevenths of the defense budgets other than that. it's easy to pick programs because they have a name and are discreet and easy to underidentify and scrutinize, but that's not where the money is. >> thank you. >> jewish institute for national security affairs. you spoke about e
it's april now in afghanistan. it's every day something sitting in some guy's inbox or an audit is not accomplished is a day stolen from the fight, and that is outrageous and unreasonable that we allow that to happen, and we just can't let it happen. >> on the $400 billion deficit, you mentioned america's role in the world. what's the imp my cation for the modernization program? there's more cancellations like meds and eme's? >> that's a piece of what i said. we will be scrutinizing...
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qaeda on the border between afghanistan and pakistan and he has done that. he did it promising we would surge up and begin a process of reducing forces in the summer. i am confident he will do that. as for libya, everybody wants to generalize what is the principaleach of these situatioe different and challenging. in libya, we were faced with a situation of an impending potential genocide in a country that was between egypt and tunisia. fragile democratic movements were taking hold. we had the arab elite in our -- allies united in the call for action. we acted in a limited way to prevent what could have been a genocide. it was not an easy call. the president did a great job of explaining his reasoning in that speech. i do not know that he views these things as a trap so much as the nature of a complex and challenging world in which you have to evaluate every situation and we act in a thoughtful, intelligent way. that is what he has tried to do. >> let's go distinctly local. rod blagojevich. why did you help him become a congressman, but not the governor? >> i
qaeda on the border between afghanistan and pakistan and he has done that. he did it promising we would surge up and begin a process of reducing forces in the summer. i am confident he will do that. as for libya, everybody wants to generalize what is the principaleach of these situatioe different and challenging. in libya, we were faced with a situation of an impending potential genocide in a country that was between egypt and tunisia. fragile democratic movements were taking hold. we had the...
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let's start with afghanistan and iraq. we're spending $168 billion in iraq and afghanistan this year alone. $168 billion. this year, fiscal year 2011, we're spending more than $13 billion to train the iraqi and afghan security forces. $13 billion. okay. what did we spend here in america to retrain our workers so they can get new jobs? less than $10 billion. we're spending more money to train afghan and iraqi forces, security forces than we're spending to retrain our own workers all over america. 24 million americans unemployed or underemployed and yet we're spending $168 billion this year on afghanistan and iraq. again, i applaud the president for the actions he's taken, but quite frankly, mr. president, they don't go far enough. the president should have a faster timetable for our troops to get out of afghanistan. i've said is that publicly many times. if you really want to save some money, save that $1 million that it costs to keep one soldier in afghanistan and get them back here. we went to afghanistan to get the talib
let's start with afghanistan and iraq. we're spending $168 billion in iraq and afghanistan this year alone. $168 billion. this year, fiscal year 2011, we're spending more than $13 billion to train the iraqi and afghan security forces. $13 billion. okay. what did we spend here in america to retrain our workers so they can get new jobs? less than $10 billion. we're spending more money to train afghan and iraqi forces, security forces than we're spending to retrain our own workers all over...
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we see in afghanistan that the civilian aid is absolutely essential to resolving this conflict. we are putting many, many billions more dollars in the defense program then in the civilian side. i think that has to be changed, hopefully in my lifetime. host: good morning. caller: i am from westchester county. hello. i would love to have a town meeting with ms. lowey so we can look eye to eye so we do not have to be on the telephone for 40 hours to ask a question. howl are our national interests involved in helping women have babies in other countries? how does that help our national interest? the other two ladies -- we are involved in other countries, giving money to their military. a couple of years down the road, they are knifing us in the back. we have to stop giving all this aid to governments and let them figure out what they want to do. for heaven's sakes, it is not in our national interest to give money to people to stop having babies in the third world countries. we have to help our own citizens. that is all i would like to say. maybe one of these days, which will have a
we see in afghanistan that the civilian aid is absolutely essential to resolving this conflict. we are putting many, many billions more dollars in the defense program then in the civilian side. i think that has to be changed, hopefully in my lifetime. host: good morning. caller: i am from westchester county. hello. i would love to have a town meeting with ms. lowey so we can look eye to eye so we do not have to be on the telephone for 40 hours to ask a question. howl are our national interests...
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-- or afghanistan, then iraq. both wars totaling well over a trillion, $2 trillion. that will ultimately, both of those, the tax cuts and the wars, accounts for about $7 trillion in deficits in 2009 and going forward. now, madam president, the facts are clear. the tax cuts that president bush put in place contributed to the deficit and the revenues have got to be addressed if we're employing to go forward -- if we're going to go forward and deal with this. federal revenues today, the money the government takes in, is at its lowest level since 1950. we've had a 60% reduction in revenue and a 60% increase in expenditures. and right now, we're at the lowest level of revenue taken in that we've been at since the 1950's. and there are only about 14% of the total g.d.p. the fact is that the last five times we balanced the budget, those revenues were about19% or 20% of g.d.p. so here we are at 14%. we've balanced the budget five times previously. and the revenues were at about 19.5% to 20% of g.d.p. doesn't that tell us
-- or afghanistan, then iraq. both wars totaling well over a trillion, $2 trillion. that will ultimately, both of those, the tax cuts and the wars, accounts for about $7 trillion in deficits in 2009 and going forward. now, madam president, the facts are clear. the tax cuts that president bush put in place contributed to the deficit and the revenues have got to be addressed if we're employing to go forward -- if we're going to go forward and deal with this. federal revenues today, the money the...
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i didn't hear any call for offsets when it came to the wars in iraq and afghanistan. mr. president, let me conclude by saying this: this country has its share of problems. we all know that. but if we forsake the essence of what we are as a nation -- and that is we stand together when disaster strikes -- if we forego that, if we no longer live up to that ideal, i worry very, very much about the future of our great nation. thank you, mr. president. the presiding officer: the majority leader is recognized. mr. reid: mr. president, last week the senate passed three important pieces of bipartisan legislation. it was really quite a productive wweek. we reauthorized the federal aviation administration, that kept 80,000 workers, including safety inspectors, on the job. we passed a highway bill that keeps 1.8 million people at work, building roads and bridges and dams. we reached a bipartisan agreement to rush relief to communities devastated by floods, tornadoes and wildfires. i was hopeful as this week began it would be productive. i thought congress might be able to set aside p
i didn't hear any call for offsets when it came to the wars in iraq and afghanistan. mr. president, let me conclude by saying this: this country has its share of problems. we all know that. but if we forsake the essence of what we are as a nation -- and that is we stand together when disaster strikes -- if we forego that, if we no longer live up to that ideal, i worry very, very much about the future of our great nation. thank you, mr. president. the presiding officer: the majority leader is...
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with troops from rhode island and all over the united states serving overseas in iraq and afghanistan, we cannot accept criminals selling fake versions of products used by our troops. unfortunately, however, this unacceptable threat to troop safety and national security is growing. a report by the government accountability office provides examples that demand stiff criminal punishment. it explains that the defense department found out in testing that what it thought was kevlar body armor was in fact nothing of the sort and could not protect our troops the way proper kevlar can. our troops going out on patrol in fake body armor is simply unacceptable. in another example, a supplier sold the defense department a part that it falsely claimed was a $7,000 circuit that met the specifications of a missile guidance system. military-grade chips are called that for a reason. they are required to withstand extreme temperature, force and vibration. chips that don't meet those specifications are prone to fail. for example, when a jet is at high altitude, when a missile is launching, or when a g.p
with troops from rhode island and all over the united states serving overseas in iraq and afghanistan, we cannot accept criminals selling fake versions of products used by our troops. unfortunately, however, this unacceptable threat to troop safety and national security is growing. a report by the government accountability office provides examples that demand stiff criminal punishment. it explains that the defense department found out in testing that what it thought was kevlar body armor was in...
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there is afghanistan going on and plenty else going on. soon after this exchange in the records came back of what was discussed. that then became the preoccupation that it was overwhelming for three or four months. the issue then as i've explained was warming up in parallel. we had the axis of evil as the ministers of conversation when i got back from washington after that in expressing my reservations about the approach president bush is taken. which crawford were at any prime minister can be criticized for in that speech he made was intact says. it was getting president bush to go down the u.n. route. whatever query in december 2001, he and i were on the same page. and in the early months of 2002. and he went to persuading the americans with great skill and determination and succeeded. and i think he needs to be given credit for it. >> in 2000 to come you certainly didn't seem to be on the same page as the americans. >> i mean, i was never on the same page as vice president cheney. both be clear about this. we have a kind of accommodatio
there is afghanistan going on and plenty else going on. soon after this exchange in the records came back of what was discussed. that then became the preoccupation that it was overwhelming for three or four months. the issue then as i've explained was warming up in parallel. we had the axis of evil as the ministers of conversation when i got back from washington after that in expressing my reservations about the approach president bush is taken. which crawford were at any prime minister can be...
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strategies in afghanistan and pakistan. on c-span2, the bp gulf oil spill compensation fund administrator ken feinberg talks about the implementation of his fund. one hour earlier at 7:00 eastern on c-spanfree homeland security secretary janet napolitano on u.s. immigration policy and enforcement. that is tonight starting at 7:00 p.m. on the c-span networks. two house homeland security subcommittee looked into recent allegations that iran attempted to assassinate the saudi ambassador to the u.s. and iran's covert operations internationally. including hezbollah and mexico's drug cartels. witnesses include retired general keane who developed the iraq surge strategy for president george w. bush. this is two hours and 40 minutes. >> the subcommittee will come to order. we have a joint subcommittee. oversight subcommittee and intelligence subcommittee meeting today to hear testimony regarding the iranian terror operation on american soil. the iranian government is a threat to the international community, building weapons of mass
strategies in afghanistan and pakistan. on c-span2, the bp gulf oil spill compensation fund administrator ken feinberg talks about the implementation of his fund. one hour earlier at 7:00 eastern on c-spanfree homeland security secretary janet napolitano on u.s. immigration policy and enforcement. that is tonight starting at 7:00 p.m. on the c-span networks. two house homeland security subcommittee looked into recent allegations that iran attempted to assassinate the saudi ambassador to the...
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as we work across afghanistan. and one of the things we have really focused on in the last year is an effort to do exactly what you're describing which is to create a set of metrics where you can judge both short-term stabilization not just inputs, not just how many seeds did we sell or give away to be planted, but based on a set of outcomes. you know, the number of trained and effective civil servants who are actually standing up local government, the number of people who, of hectors that are used for lis sit crops as opposed to illicit crops while at the same time, and this is a harder thing because it's over a longer time horizon, having metrics to see whether that can be connected to a long-term development strategy. it's not an easy thing, and i'm not an expert on it. if secretary clinton were here who takes a very great interest in this, they would be able to speak about it more intelligently than i am. but at a broad level that is what we're trying to do. and we hold ourselves to high standards which creates
as we work across afghanistan. and one of the things we have really focused on in the last year is an effort to do exactly what you're describing which is to create a set of metrics where you can judge both short-term stabilization not just inputs, not just how many seeds did we sell or give away to be planted, but based on a set of outcomes. you know, the number of trained and effective civil servants who are actually standing up local government, the number of people who, of hectors that are...
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president of afghanistan. i'd also like to acknowledge minister bill from sweden and i would like to acknowledge sheik abdullah from the uae and the chief of the diplomatic corps who's here as well as all of the ambassadors who are here. thank you very much for coming. dick was a friend of mine for some 35 years. i first met him in a political campaign. and it was clear to me then that he was an extraordinarily different person than almost everybody else i met in this campaign. nobody had their own office. nobody had their own telephone. nobody had their own secretary. until dick came. and when dick came, all of a sudden he managed to get a secretary, several secretaries, a staff, the staff to staff him and he managed to get an office and he managed to get an office with windows. after a while the campaign revolved around him. [laughter] but that's the way it should be because he actually did extraordinary things. and sometimes dick might have been thought by others to have a large ego, but in truth, as a famo
president of afghanistan. i'd also like to acknowledge minister bill from sweden and i would like to acknowledge sheik abdullah from the uae and the chief of the diplomatic corps who's here as well as all of the ambassadors who are here. thank you very much for coming. dick was a friend of mine for some 35 years. i first met him in a political campaign. and it was clear to me then that he was an extraordinarily different person than almost everybody else i met in this campaign. nobody had their...
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afghanistan's 30 million people. juarez is 1.3 million and there's 600 more homicides and that's right on our border. i'll be more angry than mr. chaffetz has been this morning if i thought that the safety of the people that i represented was being ignored, so you got to get your act together here. we expect you to protect the border, and we don't think that that's happening. now, you say that you can do this, that you can get together on this and make sure the environmental concerns are addressed, and still conduct robust security on the border. you need to do it. you need to do it. this is a, you know, this is a problem. you know, i think i've been to iraq and afghanistan about 22 times. i think i should be spending more time in mexico from reading these reports, and this is right on our border, and we can't afford to be slack anymore. i'm hoping that either you address it with a tighter description of what is permissible for the border security folks, or you just come to congress and say we can't resolve this, and
afghanistan's 30 million people. juarez is 1.3 million and there's 600 more homicides and that's right on our border. i'll be more angry than mr. chaffetz has been this morning if i thought that the safety of the people that i represented was being ignored, so you got to get your act together here. we expect you to protect the border, and we don't think that that's happening. now, you say that you can do this, that you can get together on this and make sure the environmental concerns are...
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he understood that the future of afghanistan and pakistan are tied together and afghanistan he cultivated areas like agriculture and governance to feed stability. with pakistan, he created new habits of cooperation to over come decades of mistrust. and globally, he helped align the approaches of 49 nations. were he here with us, i know richard would credit the extraordinary team that he assembled. today i'd like to make a personal appeal to the s-wrap team. particularly the young people, stay in public service. serve your country. seek the peace that your mentor so hardly sought. i also know that richard would want us to lift up the next generation of public service, particularly our diplomats who so rarely receive credit. i'm proud to announce the creation of an annual richard c. holbrook award to honor excellence in american diplomacy as we look to the next generation, it is fitting as david mentioned that this memorial will take place at the kennedy center. named for the president who called richard's generation to serve. it's also fitting that this memorial takes place at a time when
he understood that the future of afghanistan and pakistan are tied together and afghanistan he cultivated areas like agriculture and governance to feed stability. with pakistan, he created new habits of cooperation to over come decades of mistrust. and globally, he helped align the approaches of 49 nations. were he here with us, i know richard would credit the extraordinary team that he assembled. today i'd like to make a personal appeal to the s-wrap team. particularly the young people, stay...
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government will cross the agency applying these methods in afghanistan to the border. >> host: charlie, democrat, good morning. >> caller: hello? >> host: good morning, you're on the air. >> caller: oh, very good. can i ask a question? >> host: sure. if you turn the sound down, we can hear you better. go ahead with your question or comment. >> caller: okay. here's my question. george washington and the american rebels were considered terrorists in the era. we spend a lot of time trying to kill terrorists and hunt them down, why don't we spend 25% to 50% of our time searching out the reason why these people have grievances against the united states and why they dislike us rather than kill. are we going to kill 55 or 100 million people in the middle east? is that our end goal? >> host: thank you. eric, take that. >> guest: sure. the question raises a very important point, and that's how do you get at the root cause of this. this, indeed, is one of the toughest things it's been was to get at the ideology. al-qaeda is simple, but effective message, and that is the west and the united state
government will cross the agency applying these methods in afghanistan to the border. >> host: charlie, democrat, good morning. >> caller: hello? >> host: good morning, you're on the air. >> caller: oh, very good. can i ask a question? >> host: sure. if you turn the sound down, we can hear you better. go ahead with your question or comment. >> caller: okay. here's my question. george washington and the american rebels were considered terrorists in the era. we...